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September 24
Willful Infringement
Free screening and discussion
5:30 p.m., Wechsler Theater, Mary Graydon Center
The Center for Social Media- AU-
Washington, DC

To celebrate the launch of the Center's new research project,
"Imagination, Creativity and Control in Independent Filmmaking," funded
by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Center hosts a screening of the new
doc by Jed Horovitz, Willful Infringement.

Horovitz' funny, insightful work shows real-life absurdities of the
current copyright laws for filmmakers, musicians and-yes-clowns. The
research project investigates rights management issues faced by working
filmmakers. Discussion with Washington College of Law Professor Peter
Jaszi and filmmaker Jed Horovitz. Read Educational Media Reviews Online
of Willful Infringement. " 
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/events.html#willful
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RIAA's case of mistaken identity?
By John Borland, CNET News.com, September 24, 200
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5081469.html

"The Recording Industry Association of America has withdrawn a
file-swapping lawsuits after a possible case of mistaken identity. " 
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Dolby buys into piracy-fighting tech
By John Borland, CNET News.com, September 22, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5080381.html

"San Francisco-based Dolby said it had purchased Cinea, a company formed
by many of the same engineers behind the short-lived Divx copy-proof DVD
technology backed by Circuit City."
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Sen. Coleman Tackles Recording Industry
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, findlaw.com,Sept. 22, 2003
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/a/w/1153/9-22-2003/20030922003006_10.html

" Well-coifed and dressed in suit and tie, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman
is a long way from the long-haired kid in 1970 who shouted to his fellow
college students: "Power to the people!"
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Kazaa's owners turn tables, file copyright suit against record labels
By (AP),  Silliconvalley.com,Sep. 24, 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6849062.htm

"Turning the tables on record labels, makers of the most popular
Internet song-swapping 
network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement."
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Jury convicts man in DMCA case
By Paul Festa, CNET News.com, September 23, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5080807.html

"A federal jury has convicted a Florida man of violating the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act, in the first jury-trial conviction under the
controversial law, according to a U.S. attorney's office."